Unconvention Update: Reading – Week 2 Exploring the tensions between evidence, teacher experience, structured literacy and the realities of teaching children to read in Irish primary schools. https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/unconvention-update-reading-week

NEW POST: It is beyond belief that the Children’s Ombudsman report hasn’t got a single mention of religion https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/it-is-beyond-belief-that-the-childrens

NEW PODCAST: Not Your Granny’s Grammar with Patty McGee https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/interview-34-patty-mcgee

Watch me or listen to me giving out about the primary education system while walking my dog in a hi-viz. Walking the Dog

Why does the Department of Education believe it’s too sensitive to share how many parents chose multidenominational education? I sent a Freedom of Information request to find out the total percentage of parents that voted for multidenominational schools https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/why-does-the-department-of-education

I’m blown away by the fantastic discussions we’re having about reading and literacy. I think we’re ready to add another topic into the mix. What should we talk about next? – Special Education? – Technology? – Patronage? – A Curriculum Subject? – Behaviour? – Something else? Share your thoughts and

I’ve been writing about primary education for about two decades and podcasting for almost ten years. A friend suggested I start making short videos about my thoughts on education. Apart from wondering where I’d find the time, I’m not exactly the obvious demographic for YouTube. Anyway, he persisted and I

This question was raised by a teacher as a possible idea. Getting a diagnosis of dyslexia can be helpful, but if you expect it to translate into extra support for learning, that doesn’t automatically happen. Even back in the olden days, dyslexia diagnoses didn’t receive resource hours. The mad thing